1. Quick Write 9/1/2015 Write three example sentences that include a hyperbole.

2. Personification

3. Personification is when you give human qualities to an object or animal. It is a literary tool that adds interest or understanding to a poem or story Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. Money is the only friend that I can count on. The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land. Jan ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system. The world does not care to hear your sad stories.

4. My Name With a partner, identify as many examples of personification in the text, as you can.

5. Personification Practice For the following list of nouns, choose 5 to personify. bus iciclelight candle pianotrust storm cupcakestreets flowers partyvacuum traffic cactusstairs time piedream

6. In your Writer’s Notebook, write 5 original examples that you could use in one of your seed papers